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Mature students

want more resources

M ature students say the
University of Alberta has to pay
more attention to their needs and
come up with more resources to
combat a lack of progress on
providing services for mature
students.

At a mature students’ forum
14 November, Mature Under-
graduate and Graduate Students’
Society (MUGS) member Anatol
Scott said it’s time the University
had a mature students’ centre.
Such a centre, he said, could
house a counsellor and an emer-
gency child care facility.

Scott challenged the Students’
Union to put up funding for the
centre and the University to match
those funds.

Students’ Union President
Suresh Mustapha said, “Our
organization [the Students’
Union] has failed mature students
in some respects. For the past
several years we’ve ignored the
existence of mature students,” he
said, suggesting that mature
students may have to become
much more active in the

, decisionmaking process.

According to a brief submitted

to Dean of Student Services Peter
Miller by MUGS representatives,
economic constraints over the past
few years can partially explain the

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larger universities — Stuart Smith

, has become abundantly clear
that at the smaller Canadian
universities, research has suffered
over the past decade, but the
quality of teaching has remained
good, says Stuart Smith.

The Chair of the Association
of Universities and Colleges of
Canada’s Commission of Inquiry
on Canadian University Education
said what is also clear is that the
larger, research universities have
let teaching quality slip rather
badly.

MEDIOCRE RESEARCHERS SPEND
ALL THEIR TIME CHASING GRANTS.

Dr Smith, who convened a
hearing in Edmonton 8 Novem-

ber, said teaching at the larger,
research-oriented universities is
being handed down to people with
no real status or experience. He
said the commonly heard view
that researchers must do research
to be good teachers and to keep up
to date in their field has “become
a kind of religion.

“Mediocre researchers spend
all of their time chasing grants
because they believe it’s the only
way to advance their careers and
get promoted,” he said. ““We’re
definitely seeing disequilibrium.

“Fifteen years ago, this wasn’t
a problem. As faculty members,
we expected contact with our
students,” said Dr Smith, who was
for eight years a professor of
psychiatry at McMaster Universi-
ty’s Medical School. He said back
then faculty members considered
themselves to be first and fore-
most members of teaching
institutes. :

“Now faculty members [in
larger research-oriented universi-
ties] primarily define themselves
as researchers.”

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Tennant says undergraduate —

i quality of undergraduate
education in Canada is slipping
rather badly, the University of
Lethbridge’s President told the
Commission of Inquiry on
Canadian University Education
8 November.

Howard Tennant said
classes at many of the country’s
larger universities are simply too
large, and it is impossible for
students to receive quality
feedback from professors in
classes in excess of 35 or 40
students.

Lauding the Association of
Universities and Colleges of
Canada’s establishment of the
Commission of Inquiry, Dr
Tennant said the process of
inquiry is really important and
must focus on the deterioration of
quality undergraduate program-
ming.

He said the expansion of
research at the larger, research-
oriented universities has taken
place at the expense of quality
undergraduate education. He
pointed out that students in the
province no longer take four
years to finish an undergraduate
degree; rather, they now take
closer to five years.

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Dr Tennant questioned
whether it needs to take so long
from the time a high school
graduate enters an undergraduate
program to the completion of a
PhD. This is one of the longest
periods in the Western world, he
said.

Commission Chair Stuart
Smith agreed with Dr Tennant
that the quality of undergraduate
education is indeed deteriorating
at the larger, research-oriented
universities.

He pointed out, however,
that the Commission has consist-
ently heard from the smaller
undergraduate colleges and
universities across the country
that undergraduate teaching has
remained strong at those institu-
tions. He added that in tight
financial times, the larger institu-

Teaching

The former Chair of the
Science Council of Canada said
most of the larger universities
don’t have decent systems of
teaching evaluation that are taken
seriously.

Franco Pasutto (Pharmacy), a

co-presenter of the U of A’s brief .

to the Commission, said the
people serving on faculty salaries
and promotions committees are
people who, by and large, have
active research programs. The
issue of teaching being perceived
as secondary is a reality at the
faculty salaries and promotions
level.

Dr Pasutto said, “I’m not sure
it follows that active research is
immediately translated into up-to-
date lectures. I know a lot of
people with extremely active
research programs and yet their

tions are struggling to maintain
research activities.

“But the students don’t
seem to count at all [at these
institutions], and they’re not even
in the equation,” Dr Smith
responded.

University of Lethbridge
officials said Canadians have to
get over the notion that “bigger is
better’’ when it comes to provid-
ing university education. They
drew attention to the fact that
people in the United States who
can afford to do so, send their
children to the smaller, liberal arts
colleges because they know the
quality of undergraduate program-
ming will be first rate.

Continued from page 1

lectures are 20 years out of date.
The reason is that they focus their
attention on research.”

Dr Smith said an often heard

contention is that it is so difficult

to measure teaching. ““What
nonsense!” He said that most
universities don’t have decent
evaluation procedures for teach-
ing. It may be time for the larger
universities to take the issue of
teaching quality more seriously,
Dr Smith suggested.

He told the hearing that in
coming to grips with the prob-
lems, “the issues of autonomy
and accountability will remain
uppermost in my mind. We have
to make sure that accountability is
dealt with by our own people; we
don’t want the heavy hand of
government involved.”

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University of Lethbridge President Howard Tennant

Students

lack of progress on concerns and
basic needs of mature students.

However, they point out that
the Senate investigated mature
students’ concerns in 1983. “A
report was issued which high-
lighted some of these concerns
and which made strong recom-
mendations toward improving the
quality of life for these students.

“In 1985, a followup to this
earlier report was issued which
confirmed that very little had been
done for mature students in the
intervening two years. Since then,
there has been a deterioration in
the situation while the percentage
of the mature student population
continued to increase,” the brief
States.

Mature students say the brief
is their way of putting the issues
back on the front burner. They
want an investigation of the
mature student situation beginning
with the problems mature students
encounter before being admitted,
as well as the institutional,
academic and personal problems
encountered in the University.

In renewing their call for a
mature students’ centre, MUGS
representatives suggested it could
house a coffee house/lounge,
study hall, emergency child care
facility, office for the Mature
Undergraduate and Graduate
Students’ Society, space for social
activities, a library for document-
ing other mature student organiza-
tions’ activities, and a facility for
producing a newsletter.

The centre, with the assistance
of a coordinator, could provide
services such as: counselling,
study skills, preadmission orienta-

_ tion, student loans and appeals

advice, referrals and various
workshops.
Lois Stanford, Vice-President

___ (Student and Academic Services),

told the gathering of more than 60
mature students that she has

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learned from mature students that
most people in teaching and
administration expect students to
be young. “When they find you’re
not and you’re making demands,
there may be some resentment.”
She also said mature students
present challenges and in some
cases are considered a threat.

Mature students, Dr Stanford
advised, have to keep in mind:that
they’re not part of the mold when
they’re approaching administra-
tors and professors with problems
that have to be solved together:
She said mature students should
find someone with a permanent
position, perhaps in the professo-
riate, who would represent their
interests.

Dr Stanford, a long-time
advocate of quality child care
facilities on campus, said she
agreed that more child care is
needed. She said every advance
made over the years can be traced
to groups who felt strongly about
the needs and went out and fought

for more child care. “I think you’ll

have to do the same thing.”

Dr Miller pointed out that
MUGS has had a checkered
history, active one year and
inactive the next, depending on

the people who are involved in the

organization. MUGS, in his
opinion, has not been a particu-
larly effective lobby group over
the years.

He said mature students as a
group have never been clearly
defined; many different groups
with many different viewpoints
exist within the mature student
body.

The University hasn’t been
very good at listening to mature
students’ concerns, but the forum
constituted a good starting point,
Dr Miller said.

Mustapha said it may be time
for the student council to add
mature students to its membership.

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L whole idea of wellness
health promotion and well-being
is “experiencing an adolescent
identity crisis,” says David
Emmerling, Executive Director of
the National Wellness Institute in
Stevens Point, Wisconsin.

Addressing the Well-Being for
the Future: Choices and Chal-
lenges Conference held in Ed-
monton last week, Emmerling
said people in the well-being field
are confronting questions such as:
What is our identity? What are
our boundaries? Is this idea of
wellness or well-being too broad a
concept? Do we have theory that
will translate into practice that
will make it usable?

Emmerling explained that
there are six primary dimensions
of wellness: physical, emotional,
intellectual, occupational, spiritual
and social. He said looking
around the world, there is very
little being said about wellness
and well-being, for example, in
countries such as Britain. “Most
of the emphasis is fairly rigidly in
the physical fitness areas and
some in health risk reduction.

“In Japan there is an incred-
ible fitness craze going on, and
it’s being followed fairly quickly
by the [introduction of the]
broader concept of well-being.”

Emmerling said the focus,
though, in many countries still is
primarily on fitness and health
risk reduction.

He pointed out, “It was the
introduction of the social-environ-
mental dimension that . . . asked
us to look at the individual in the
context of community,
neighborhood, city-state, nation,
friends, family and ultimately the
environment.”

The challenge for well-being
advocates is to maintain that
contextual focus, he said. “Eco-
nomic uncertainty has provided an
opportunity for us to more clearly
define our agenda,” Emmerling
said, noting the increasing health
care cost societies have to bear.

And, he pointed out, the well-
being movement, at least in the
United States, has been primarily
occurring among healthy, upper
middle-class, educated
caucasians. “We have a major

‘90s will be period
of change, Warrack

The University of Alberta
must embrace new ideas and
opportunities the 1990s will bring,
or risk “‘publicly-enforced univer-
sity meltdown,” similar to the
British experience, Vice-President
(Administration) Allan Warrack
said in his Report to Convocation
15 November.

“Surely, we have the collec-
tive will and wit to forestall any
need for negative approaches,” he
told graduands. “The most
important thing is not where we

our publics. We must tell our
positive stories, the media will
take care of the negative ones. If
we and our University friends do
not tell the positive side, who
will?” he asked.

Citing his office’s recently
commissioned study on the
“Community Impact of the
University of Alberta,” Dr
Warrack said the University is the
city’s third largest employer and
has an “enormous economic
impact on our city and province.

“WE AT THE U OF A HAVE OUR ‘WARTS’,
AND NEED TO MAKE DYNAMIC CHANGES,
BUT WE ARE BETTER THAN WE ARE PERCEIVED
BY SOME OF OUR PUBLICS.”

are, but in what direction we are
moving.

“In the 1990s we must ‘plan
the work, and work the plan’ ...
recognizing that future planning is
not about future decisions, it is
about the future of today’s
decisions.”

_Dr Warrack, who in December
will be completing his five-year
term as Vice-President, said: “Our
first order of business is to ‘make
peace’ with the public. If we are
okay with the public, we will be
okay with the government,
regardless of its partisan stripe.

“We at the U of A have our
‘warts’, and need to make dy-
namic changes, but we are better
than we are perceived by some of

“The direct economic activi-
ties trigger even larger ‘echo’
effects that are positive and
substantial,” he said, adding that
for every dollar of University
direct economic activity, there is a
positive echo/multiplier impact of
at least another dollar.

He said it was important to
remember the stability the
University brings to the city and
provincial economy. Not only
does the University provide a
myriad of economic spinoffs, but
it also provides opportunities for
business ‘and the community to
collaborate with the University in
many different ways, Dr Warrack
said. he

“Beyond economic impact,
members of the University family

challenge in the US in dealing
with what we call generically
underserved populations, people
of low socioeconomic status and
minorities.”

The internationally known
author and speaker on well-being
said that as societies emphasize
the importance of the well-being
of individuals, “it is ultimately
absurd to look at them with
blinders on and not in the same
breath emphasize the well-being
of the planet.

“How absurd is it to send well
people into an unwell world?”

He said the achievement of
well-being is “an active process of
becoming aware of and making
choices resulting in a more
successful existence.” All the data
and concepts are for naught, if
individuals aren’t moved to make
these conscious lifestyle deci-
sions, he said.

Emmerling was the keynote
speaker at the conference, at-
tended by well-being advocates
from across the province.

Allan Warrack

are essential volunteers for the
good of the wider community.
Voluntary social, cultural and
artistic community roles are
played and led by University
people in their private lives.”

David Emmerling, Executive Director of the National Wellness Institute.

Universities
reluctant to change

hes often Canadian universi-
ties, which should be leading
institutions in terms of their
ability to anticipate change and
help us find ways not only to cope
with it but to thrive in it, are
instead among the most resistant
to change of all our institutions.

This has got to stop, Don
Lussier, Vice-President Finance
and Administration of Athabasca
University, told the Commission
of Inquiry on Canadian University
Education 8 November.

Lussier said educational
services have to begin responding
to lifelong learning needs of
students. Education, he stressed,
has to become more accessible,
more responsive to special and
individual needs, more cost
effective and efficient and more
immediate and relevant.

Explaining that 80 percent of
Athabasca University’s students
learn in a homestudy environ-
ment, Lussier said, “I firmly
believe that the Canadian univer-
sity community has a lot to learn
from the Athabasca University
example, both its successes and
problems.”

Lussier said the past period of
intense enrollment pressures and
tightening budgets may finally
have taught universities that “it is
highly unlikely that we will soon
again enjoy the affluence and

protection from direct account-
ability that has characterized
earlier decades. The universities
themselves have to take charge in
resolving their own concerns.”

UOFA FOLIO 3 NOVEMBER 1990

He predicted that the competi-
tion for faculty will ensure that new
ideas are injected into the system.
There will also be challenges to the
way things have been done on
university campuses.

In Lussier’s view, the
Athabasca example could serve as
a model for other institutions on a
number of issues: turnaround time
for the delivery of services;
student support beyond the
classroom; the use of instructional
technology; cooperation among
educational institutions; and the
need to have students take more
responsibility for their own
education.

Acknowledging that “open
admission-style universities”
haven’t been as successful in
attracting underrepresented
groups to university-level instruc-
tion, Lussier said, “To claim great
success in this area would be
misleading, however, and it is
evident that the challenge of
attracting underenrolled groups is
a complex and yet critical chal-
lenge, one which has many
parallels with the issue of employ-
ment equity on our campuses.”

Commission Chair Stuart
Smith said it seemed that
Athabasca University was sug-
gesting that programs can be
delivered cost effectively, the
university can be client-oriented
and the quality of programming
can still be good. '

“You’re the very antithesis of
what universities stand for. There
are no ivy-covered halls: You’re a
bunch of heretics,” he joked:.

Consider stakeholders

when setting

say students

: 1. PhD students in the
Department of Educational
Administration urged the Com-
mission of Inquiry on Canadian

_ University Education to take a
fresh look at participation related
issues at universities.

Rita Egan and Judith Hughes
told Commission Chair Stuart
Smith 8 November that there’s
clear evidence to suggest that
people in lower socioeconomic
groups, native people, rural
Canadians and women in some
disciplines have traditionally been
underrepresented in university-
level education.

All universities did in the
1960s, said Egan, was create more
spaces for a particular group.
They never did attempt to wel-
come underrepresented groups.
She said it’s time to redefine what
a university student is and
broaden the representation at
Canadian universities.

The two students outlined a

Variety spices

educational policy,

number of policy directions for
the Commission to consider in its
report. Competition and meritoc-
racy should be de-emphasized,
they suggested, and economic
imperatives should not dictate
education policy making. Depart-
ments of Education and Higher
Education should begin to
harmonize policy directions.

They called for much more
responsive educational institu-
tions. For example, these institu-
tions should be encouraged to
seek out community needs, and
social context and stakeholders
should be considered much more
comprehensively in setting policy.

They also suggested that the
role of community colleges be
more clearly defined, that teacher
education program policy should
consider social context as much as
curriculum content, and that
simple solutions implied by the
equality-quality dichotomy should
be resisted.

Strafford’s workplace

= Strafford’s got the
best of three worlds.

Appointed Director, Off
Campus Research Resources, on
1 October, she says the position
allows her to combine her knowl-
edge of the University (she’s been
with the Dean of Agriculture and
Forestry’s Office for 17 years, the
last two as Assistant Dean) with
her (undergraduate student)
background in animal science and
degree in public management.

Strafford maintains an office

on campus and another at the
Edmonton Research Station
(University Farm). Her predeces-
sors were called farm managers;
the new title reflects the fact that
she’s not managing a farm
operation per se, but supervising
seven units, each of which has its
own manager and research
manager.

“T’ve inherited a very able

The units are the dairy, swine,
poultry and metabolic units at the
Edmonton Research Station; the
forage evaluation unit at Ellerslie;
the Ministik Wildlife Research
Station (near Tofield); and the
Kinsella Ranch. Each of them
supports the research component
of the Faculty of Agriculture and
Forestry and so the 30 permanent
staff, assisted by casual, hourly
and trust employees, balance
farming practices with lab tests
and measurements. It’s this
overlay of activities that is of
particular interest to Strafford.

Chief among her duties are:
assessing the reports of the unit
managers, exploring technology
transfer projects involving the
Faculty and government and
industry, and planning the differ-
ent field days which are an
Agriculture and Forestry tradition.

While the job is administrative

Take student teaching
evaluations more seriously,

U of C student urges

The Vice-President Academic
of the University of Calgary’s °
Students’ Union made her pitch 8
November to the Commission of
Inquiry on Canadian University
Education on the merits of student
evaluations on teaching and
course guides.

Aisha Umar acknowledged
that the concept of student
evaluations of teachers and the
publication of such information in
a “course guide” has been a
contentious issue for several
years.

“There is, however, research
that proves that student evalua-
tions of teaching is an important
form of evaluating a professor’s
teaching performance,” she told
Commission Chair Stuart Smith.

Umar said student evaluations
should be campus-wide and must
maintain consistency in their
format and administration
throughout each Faculty. “Fur-
thermore, they should be pub-
lished in a ‘course guide’ annu-
ally.” General Faculties Councils
should approve these in principle
and strike standing committees to
study the issues, she said.

“Student evaluations should
be a part of a multifaceted
evaluation system, which would
include those done by peers,
supervisors and the instructors
themselves. These evaluations

must be followed up by feedback
between the instructor and his/her
supervisor.”

Umar suggested that universi-
ties must set standard procedures
for conducting evaluations and
actively support policies and
procedures for such programs.
Evaluation processes must be
thoroughly studied to assess their
effectiveness.

Dr Smith asked whether
student evaluations provided
enough differentiation between
good and bad teachers? Umar said
even if student evaluations don’t
reveal great differences, there is,
however, a big difference be-
tween a mid-60s percent rating
and a mid-70s percent rating.
“Give students some credit,” she
said.

Citing Herbert Marsh’s
extensive research on student
evaluation of university teaching,
Umar disputed the “simplistic bias
hypothesis” which states that if
instructors give high grades,
demand little work, and agree to
be evaluated, those instructors
will be evaluated positively.
“Marsh found that students
differentiate their responses on
more than global impressions;
thus the biases have little effect,”
Umar argued.

Franco Pasutto (Pharmacy),
who uses student evaluations and

Lorraine Strafford has consolidated all aspects of her professional life.

southern Alberta because the
feedmill at the Research Station

Ministik, and observed sample

analysis procedures at the Edmon-

finds them very effective, pointed
out that an important issue is how
the results are used. “You can
look at individuals over a career
period of 10 years and invariably
find the same individuals obtain-
ing teaching performances from
students which are clearly inad-
equate. When you’ ve had that
many students assess the indi-
vidual in that Faculty, there must
be a problem. The difficulty is
how you correct that problem.

“There’s a misperception on
the part of students that the
faculty will correct the problems.
In my experience, that does not
happen,” he said, and the faculty
salaries and promotions process is
not an effective way of correcting
poor teaching.

He suggested students have to
become much more involved to
ensure that steps are taken to
correct teaching problems. That
will have to come from outside
specific Faculties. “That may
mean, for example, following a
three- or four-year period of
continuous poor student evalua-
tions, an exterior panel made up
of students and faculty members
should sit down with the academic
in a collegial atmosphere and ask
‘is there a problem?’ If there is,
let’s correct it.”

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has to be either repaired or
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quickly change from office, to
barn, to meeting room, to field to
lab.

farm management team and so the
transition process is going that
much easier,” Strafford told Folio.

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mum CURRENTS

GENERAL FACULTIES COUNCIL
GFC’s next meeting is scheduled for Monday, 26 November,
at 2 pm in the University Hall Council Chamber.
1. Approval of the Agenda
2. Approval of the Minutes
2.1 Minutes of 29 October 1990
2.2 Minutes of 19 November 1990
3. Oral Report from the President
4. Question Period
5. New Members of GFC 1990-91
Reports
6. Executive Committee Reports
6.1 Summary of Executive Committee Minutes of
13 November 1990
7. Report of the Board of Governors of 5 November 1990
8. Report of the Nominating Committee
9. Report of the GFC Academic Development
Committee (ADC)
10. Report of the GFC Facilities Development
Committee (FDC)
11. Report of the GFC Planning and Priorities
Committee (PPC)
12. Report of the University Research Policy
Committee (URPC)
New Business
13. Code of Student Behavior: Proposal from the GFC
Campus Law Review Committee (CLRC) Regarding
1) Discrimination, and
2) Appeal Provisions for Student Groups
14. Mid-fiscal Year Report on the 1990-91 Operating Budget
15. Operating Budget Principles, Policies and Procedures
16. GFC Committee on Admissions and
Transfer (CAT): 1989-90 Annual Report
17. Citizenship and Residence of Undergraduate Students:
Recommendations from the GFC Committee on Admissions.
and Transfer (CAT) and the GFC Academic Development
Committee (ADC)
18. Waiver of Advertising: Report from the Vice-President
19. General Appeals Committee (GAC): 1989-90 Annual Report
20. Other Business

IMMIGRATION FORUM

As part of Alberta Immigration Week 1990 (26 November to
2 December), the University of Alberta will sponsor an Immigration
Forum 29 November in the University Hall Council Chamber.

From 3 to 3:45 pm, internal University procedures relating to the
recruitment and employment of international staff and to immigration
policy concerning international students will be discussed. Canada
Immigration and Employment Officers will then address campus
community concerns on immigration issues. The forum is scheduled to
end at 5 pm.

Gail Bamber (492-2796) is looking after registration.

FAREWELL RECEPTION FOR ALLAN WARRACK

Members of the University community are cordially invited to a
reception Friday, 7 December, at 3:30 pm at University House, in
honor of Allan and Jean Warrack. Dr Warrack is stepping down from
his position as Vice-President (Administration) on 31 December.
Friends and colleagues of the Warracks are invited to join President
Davenport in giving the couple a good sendoff.

Those wishing to mark the occasion with a gift for the Warracks
are invited to send contributions to Ellen Solomon at 2-1 University
Hall. Cheques may be made payable to the Allan and Jean Warrack
Gift Fund.

CHILDLESS?

Voluntarily childless couples are needed for a thesis study. If you
and your spouse are willing to complete a brief, confidential, anony-
mous survey, please contact Rosemary Moulden at 492-5245.

A pitch on
behalf of
foreign
students

A coherent, national policy
governing how universities treat
international students should be
developed to replace the
hodgepodge of provincial regula-
tions, says a representative of the
U of A International Students’
Organization.

Addressing the Commission
of Inquiry on Canadian University
Education 8 November, Martine
Lunke told Commission Chair
Stuart Smith that differential fees
should be abolished. These fees,
she said, favor students from
wealthier families and effectively
close the door on students from
poorer countries.

This selectivity on the basis of
wealth decreases the numbers of
foreign students studying at
Canadian universities and flies in
the face of principles of reciproc-
ity, she said, adding that very few
universities in other countries
impose differential fees.

Lunke urged the Commission
to address foreign students’
eligibility regarding funding
sources and tax provisions
normally available to Canadian
students. She said employment
restrictions also cause foreign
students undue hardships while
studying in Canada.

Another point she raised was
that Canadian universities should
establish more student exchange
programs with other universities
around the world.

Dr Smith said the Commission
would certainly look into the issue
of employment restrictions, but he
cautioned, “the differential fee
would likely be abolished [by
provincial governments] with the
greatest of reluctance.”

He noted that there are now
some extremely high percentages
of foreign students enrolled in
graduate programs at Canadian
universities because of the
universities’ inability to attract
Canadian students. He added that
an increasingly important trend
would be the internationalization
of universities.

A brief submitted by the
University’s International Centre
argued that Canada needs to
follow Japanese, European
Community and Australian
examples. These countries, the
brief pointed out, are aggressively
supporting and promoting student
mobility policies.

“The priority of international
education exchange must be
elevated to a national conscious-
ness,” the brief stated. “Many
Canadians still question the value
of having foreign students on
campus.”

OUR GOAL:
$225,000

$173,250

United Way

of Edmonton
and Area

Traffic safety
research of the

i incidence of fatalities and
injuries in Alberta has proportions
that deserve everybody’s atten-
tion.

Aside from drinking and
driving, that in 1987 was con-
nected to only 12 percent of the
injury-causing accidents in
Alberta, very little else has
received public attention, research
work and provincial action.

Drivers’ errors account for
97 percent of the so-called traffic
“accidents”, a term that tends to
perpetuate the myth of their
inevitability. In 1987, these errors
cost Edmonton $55 million in
property damage and left 6,702
people injured and 37 dead.
People under 35 years of age have
twice as much risk of dying in a
car “accident” than of dying of
heart disease and cancer com-
bined.

The human costs of “‘acci-
dents” cannot be quantified, but
the material costs do not end with
the replacement costs of vehicles
and other property, but extend to
the costs of health care and
police and justice systems, and
result in increased auto insurance
premiums, health care premiums
and provincial taxes.

Drivers’ errors relate to many
areas, but most of these errors are
connected to careless or danger-
ous driving, an attitude most
present in young males that is
promoted by values of our
society that are widely promoted
by mass media, and that praise
courage and the playing with
danger.

U OFA FOLIO ay 22 NOVEMBER 1990

The development of a holistic
confrontation with the problem
of traffic safety and driver
behavior with a view to having
an impact on the present reality
would require the work of
several specialists, to possibly
develop work in the following
areas:

1) educational and instruc-
tional material for high school
students;

2) a persuasive mass media
campaign aimed primarily at
male drivers in the 19 to 24 age
range;

3) an information campaign
aimed at all drivers, providing
details about car performance;

4) improved materials for
drivers’ training courses and
improved guidelines for the
granting of drivers’ licenses;

5) a comparative study of our
legislation and that of countries
with higher (USA - one accident
for every 11 people per year) and
lower (Sweden - one accident for
every 500 people per year)
accident rates, in order to eventu-
ally propose changes to our
system;

6) a study of visibility of
vehicles and other traffic markers,
with a view to making recommen-
dations regarding light systems
and reflective surfaces.

Researchers with interest in
these areas or other areas related
to traffic safety who would like to
form a research team are invited to
contact Jorge Frascara, Depart-
ment of Art and Design, 3-98 Fine
Arts Building.

TALKS

CLOTHING AND TEXTILES

22 November, 1 pm

Nicholette Prince, “Early Fur
Trade Dream of the Coast Salish and
Carrier Women.” 131 Home Eco-
nomics Building.

29 November, I pm

Nancy Omar, “Costume in
Western Kenya.” 131 Home Eco-
nomics Building.

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

22 November, 3 pm

Piotr Zielinski, “Application of
IR Spectroscopy to Studies of
Polymerization of Ethylene.” E342
Chemical-Mineral Engineering
Building.

29 November, 3 pm

John Langston, “Engineers and
Entrepreneurs in the Middle Ages.”
E342 Chemical-Mineral Engineering
Building.

ANTHROPOLOGY

22 November, 3:30 pm

Regna Darnell, Department of
Anthropology, University of Western
Ontario, “Consequences of the
Symbolic Approach to Culture.”
14-6 Tory Building.

27 November, 3:30 pm

Susan Pfeiffer, Department of
Human Biology and Kinesiology,
University of Guelph, “Interpreting
Robustisity in the Evolution of Homo
Sapiens.” 14-6 Tory Building.

MUSIC
22 November, 3:30 pm
Violet Archer, “Folk Song as
Creative Stimulus: Evocations for
Two Pianos and Orchestra.”
2-32 Fine Arts Building.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

22 November, 3:30 pm

Paisley Livingston, Department
of English, McGill University, “The
Rationality of Fiction: The Pragmat-
ics of Poe’s Mesmeric Tales.”
5-20 Humanities Centre.

23 November, 3 pm

Professor Livingston, “Narrative
Characterization and Models of
Agency.” Senate Chamber, Arts
Building.

SLAVIC AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES

22 November, 3:30 pm

Larissa J Klein-Tumanov, “An
Introduction to the Life and Works of
Daniil Kharms, a Humorist and
Absurdist Writer” (in simple Russian,
accessible to most students). 436 Arts
Building.

. 29 November, 3:30 pm

Peter A Rolland, “Emblems,
Engravings, and Jcones in Simeon
Polotsky’s Early Verse.” 141 Arts
Building.

ROMANCE LANGUAGES, ENGLISH AND
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

Paolo Valesio, professor, Italian
Linguistics and Literature, Yale
University, will present the following
series of lectures and seminars.

The following are the lectures
under the generat title “Rhetoric and
Silence

26 November, 4 pm

“A Silentiary Experience: The
Little Ffowers of Saint Francis.”
5-20 Humanities Centre.

28 November, 4 pm

_"Ehe Question of Silence
Between Theology and Literature.”
5-20 Humanities Centre.

?

The following are the seminars *
under the general title “Italian
Symbolism and Futurism in Their
European Context”:

22 November, 4 pm

“Gabriele D’ Annunzio and Italian
Symbolism.” Senate Chamber, Arts
Building.

30 November, 4 pm

“Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and
Italian Futurism.” Senate Chamber,
Arts Building.

ENTOMOLOGY

22 November, 4 pm

Brian Brown, “Ant Killers and
Slug Suckers: Natural History and
Reclassification of the Phoridae
(Diptera).” TB-W1 Tory Breezeway.

29 November, 4 pm

RE Leech, “New Records for Fly
Parasitoids (Acroceridae) in Spiders.”
TB-W1 Tory Breezeway.

THIRD ANNUAL JONES MEMORIAL
LECTURE IN DEAFNESS

22 November, 7:30 pm

Roger Carver, executive director,
Total Communication Deaf Chil-
dren’s Society of British Columbia,
“Deafness and Literacy: The Hidden
Agenda. A Hobson’s Choice.”
2-115 Education North.

ACCOUNTING

23 November, 2 pm

Leslie Oakes, Rutgers University,
“Evidence of Income Smoothing in
Not for Profit Organizations.”
B-09 Business Building.

30 November, 2 pm

Vaughan Radcliffe, “The UK
Accountancy Profession and the
Financial Services Act 1986: An
Event in Regulatory Change.”
B-09 Business Building.

PHYSICS

23 November, 2 pm

S Murphree, University of
Calgary, “The Earth’s
Magnetosphere.” V-129 Physics
Building.

30 November, 2 pm

F Cooperstock, University of
Victoria, “Relativity.” V-129 Physics
Building.

ZOOLOGY

23 November, 3:30 pm

Lawrence Wang, “Traditional
Chinese Remedies: Fact or Fiction.”
M-149 Biological Sciences Centre.

30 November, 3:30 pm

Mary Stevenson, Montreal
General Hospital, Research Institute,
“Acquired Immunity to Plasmodium
Chabaudi AS: Contribution of T Cells
and Macrophages.” M-149 Biological
Sciences Centre.

GEOGRAPHY

23 November, 3:30 pm

Derald Smith, University of
Calgary, “Glacial Lake McConnell,
Paleogeography of a Late Pleistocene
Mega-Lake, Mackenzie Basin.”
3-36 Tory Building

29 November, 3:30 pm

Bill Howland, Northern Studies
Program, Middlebury College,
Vermont, “Remote Sensing of Arctic
Terrain and Vegetation: SPOT Image
Analysis.” 3-36 Tory Building.

30 November, 3:30 pm

Derek Gregory, University of
British Colunibia, “Dream of Liberty?
Geography and Post Modernity.”
3-36 Tory Building.

CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF UKRAINIAN
STUDIES

23 November, 7:30 pm

Frank Sysyn, “Ukrainian
Historical Research: Tasks and
Perspectives.” Heritage Lounge,
Athabasca Hall.

LAW
24 November, 9:30 am
Saturday Morning at the Law
School—“Wills and Estates.”
Information: 492-3115. Law Centre.

INTERNATIONAL CENTRE °°
25 November, 1:30 pm
Wanjiku Kironyo, director,

Kenyan agency Social, Economic

Development Services, and project

director, Mathare Valley Self-

Sufficiency Scheme, “Global

Awareness Programs.” 172 HUB

International.

27 November, 12:30 pm
Fred Wolfe, “Militarism and its

Effects on Food Production and

Distribution.” 172 HUB Interna-

tional.

28 November, noon

Daniel de Guzman, “Waging
Peace in the Philippines.” 172 HUB
International.

29 November, 7 pm

“Weaving the ‘Peaces’ To-
gether”— information, videos, guests
and experiential learning. 172 HUB

International.

FAMILY STUDIES

26 November, 2 pm

Carol Morgaine, “A
Phenomenological Approach to
Transforming Practice in Early
Childhood and Family Life Educa-
tion.” 357 Assiniboia Hall.

ALBERTA HERITAGE FOUNDATION FOR
MEDICAL RESEARCH

27 November, 4 pm

David A Begg, associate
professor, Department of Anatomy
and Cellular Biology, Harvard
Medical School, “Actin, Spectrin,
and the Assembly of the Cortical
Cytoskeleton During Fertilization
and Early Embryogenesis in the Sea
Urchin.” Presented by Anatomy and
Cell Biology. 5-10 Medical Sciences
Building.

HISTORY

28 November, 3pm

Jennifer Jay, “Prefaces and
Jottings on Women in Thirteenth-
Century China.” 1-9 Business
Building.

30 November, 3 pm

John English, University of
Waterloo, “Lester Pearson, Bilin-
gualism, Multiculturalism. and the
Decline of the British Canadian
Tradition.”

(Volume I of Dr English’s
biography of Lester Pearson has won
the CHA Macdonald Prize.)

2-58 Tory Building.

CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL ISSUES
28 November, 4 pm
Margaret Ann Armour, “The

Culture of Science: How it Influ-

ences One Woman’s Thought.”

L-3 Humanities Centre.

REHABILITATION MEDICINE

29 November, 11:30 am

Antoine Helewa, chair, Depart-
ment of Physical Therapy, University
of Western Ontario, “Randomized
Clinical Trials: Assessing the Effects
of Home Physical and Occupational
Therapy.” 4101 University Hospital
Education and Development Centre.

SOIL SCIENCE

29 November, 12:30 pm

Doug Maynard, project leader,
Environmental Effects Northern
Forestry Centre, Forestry Canada,
“Macronutrient Dynamics in a Soil-
Young Aspen System Following
Herbicide Application.” 2-36 Earth
Sciences Building.

6 December, 12:30 pm

Yongsheng Feng, “Activation
Energy as a Measure of Plant
Response to Temperature and Water
Stress.” 2-36 Earth Sciences
Building.

LIMNOLOGY AND FISHERIES
DISCUSSION GROUP
29 November, 12:30pm
Dave Schindler, “The Role of
DOC in Synchronizing Aquatic
Chemical Cycles.” M-149 Biological
Sciences Centre.

U OF A FOLIO. ae 22 NOVEMBER 1990

°6 December, 12:30 pm’ tie

Peter Aku, “The Impact of
Hypolimnetic Aeration on the
Vertical Distribution and Growth
Rate of Cisco in Amisk Lake,
Alberta.” M-149 Biological Sciences
Centre.

ENGLISH

29 November, 3:30 pm

David Gay, “‘A Firm and
Decided Hand’: Gesture and Judg-
ment in Blake’s Descriptive Cata-
logue.” L-3 Humanities Centre.

UNIVERSITY NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
ORGANIZATION

30 November, 3 pm

Bohdan Krawchenko, “USSR:
Prospects for Peace.” TB-W1 Tory
Breezeway.

NURSING

3 December, 12:10

B O’Brien, “Nausea and Vomit-
ing During Pregnancy.” 6-101
Clinical Sciences Building.

COMPUTING SCIENCE

3 December, 3:30 pm

Mark Green, “Virtual Reality
User Interfaces: Tools and Tech-
niques.” 619 General Services
Building.

RTS

EXHIBITIONS

MCMULLEN GALLERY
Until 30 November
“Traditional Arts of Japan” —

selected examples of traditional. art,..-.

craft and Japanese culture. Call for
Gallery hours, 492-8428 or 492-4211.
Walter C Mackenzie Health Sciences
Centre.

FAB GALLERY

Until 9 December

‘Allen Ball paintings”—the final
visual presentation in partial fulfil-
ment of the requirements for the
MVA. Gallery hours: Tuesday to
Friday, 10 am to 5 pm; Sunday, 2 to 5
pm; Saturday and Monday, closed.
1-1 Fine Arts Building.

MYER HOROWITZ THEATRE
23 November, 7 and 10 pm
“Spirit of the West.”
24 November, 8 pm
“Holly Near and Judy Small.”
28 November, 8 pm
Edmonton Chamber Music
Society presents, “Musica Antiqua
Koln.” Information: 433-4532.
30 November, 8 pm
“Days of Thunder.”

MUSIC

23 November, 8 pm

Faculty Recital—Marnie
Giesbrecht, organist.

24 November, 8 pm

Opera Workshop Performance—
Alan Ord, director.

30 November, 8 pm

Concert Choir and Madrigal
Singers—Leonard Ratzlaff and Debra
Ollikkala, directors.*

I December, 8 pm

Chamber Orchestra Concert— .

Norman Nelson, director.*
. 2,December, 3 pm
Concert Band Concert—William
H Street, director.*
2 December, Spm
Concert Choir and Madrigal
Singers—Leonard Ratzlaff and Debra
Olllikkala, directors.*

“eee 6

3 3 Becealber, 8 pm

Stage Bands I and II in Concert—
Neil Corlett and Derek Stoll, direc-
tors.*

5 and 6 December, 8 pm

Student Chamber Music Perform-
ances.

All performances held in
Convocation Hall.

*Tickets: $5/adults; $3/students
and seniors.

FILMS

Germanic Languages

27 November, 7:15 pm

“Der Findling” (1967). German
with English subtitles. 141 Arts
Building.

PORTS

23 November, 6:30 pm
Basketball—Pandas vs UBC
23 November, 7:30 pm
Hockey—Bears vs University
of Manitoba
23 November, 8:15 pm
Basketball—Bears vs UBC
24 November, 7:30 pm
Hockey—Bears vs University
of Manitoba
24 November, 6:30 pm
Basketball—Pandas vs UBC
24 November, 8:15 pm
Basketball—Bears vs UBC
30 November, 6:30 pm
Basketball—Pandas vs University
of Calgary
30 November, 8:15 pm
Basketball—Bears vs University
of Calgary
1 December, 6:30 pm
Basketball—Pandas vs ‘University
of Calgary ~ rh tangs
1 December, 8:15.pm ’
Basketball—Bears vs University
of Calgary

SEARCH FOR NEW
CANADIAN STUDIES CHAIR

The Canadian Studies Com-
mittee in the Faculty of Arts seeks
a new Chair for the Committee _
and of the Canadian Studies -

Program, effective 1 July 1991.

This position, open to all tenured
members of the Faculty of Arts, —
normally has a term of three
years.

Canadian Studies is a full
degree program of interdiscipli-

“nary ‘studies with 35 students
currently =— Duties include

A. the invitation of Francois
Bujon de l’Estang, France’s
ambassador to Canada, and the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
President Paul Davenport recently
visited a number of research
centres and universities in France.
President Davenport was the only
university leader/academic to be
invited to this year’s distinguished’
visitors program.

Throughout his week-long
stay, President Davenport found
that the French government is
eager to increase its academic and
business contacts with Western
Canada.

“Our [University of Alberta]
researchers in many fields of
study are already very well known
to their French colleagues,”
President Davenport said. “We at
the University of Alberta have
every interest in a further
strengthening of those ties.”

The President’s visit began in
Paris at Université de Paris III
(Sorbonne). At one point, he met
Jean-Michel Lacroix, a coeditor of
Canadian Society and Culture in
Times of Economic Depression,
Volume VIII, 1987. One of the
articles in the book is “Hard
Times and EPF: The Funding of
Health and Post-Secondary
Education since 1977”, by Paul
-. Davenport. The.two men re-

viewed the various exchanges
@errrenuy administered by the
International Association for
Canadian Studies.

President Davenport also
attended a reception, held at
Palais du Luxembourg, in honor
of the 40th anniversary of the
National France-Canada
Association.

Another scholar on the scene
was Guy Lecomte of Université
Dijon, coauthor with Jean-Marcel
Duciaume (Romance Languages)
of Nipsya, a critical edition of
Georges Bugnet’s novel which
was published in 1924. Bugnet
left France at the age of 26 to
homestead in Alberta. Nipsya is
set in an area northwest of
Edmonton in the early part of the
20th century.

“Lecomte referred with great
pride to the exchange between
Université Dijon and the Depart-
ment of Romance Languages
which annually sends a limited
number of undergraduate students
from France to Alberta and vice
versa,” President Davenport said.

Also on the itinerary were the
telecommunications research
centre at Grenoble, Université de
Paris Sud (Orsay), Centre Na-
tional de la recherche scientifique,
Institut frangais du pétrole and
Université de Montpellier II.

France’s Ministry of Research
and Technology has made an
impressive commitment to pure
research, President Davenport
discovered. The French govern-

ment has invested heavily in many
centres of research, and facilities,
equipment and libraries are, in
President Davenport’s words,
“extremely good.

“Universities across Europe,”
he observes, “are greatly strength-
ening their contacts in anticipation
of the growing involvement
toward economic and political
integration.”

Another facet of the tour
brought President Davenport in
contact with Claude T Charland,
the Canadian ambassador to
France. The strengthening of
academic exchanges between the
two nations was discussed.

Researchers with whom

President Davenport met sug-
gested a number of possible areas
of cooperation with the University
of Alberta.

“T hope researchers on both
sides of the Atlantic will be
following up on these possibilities
in the months ahead.

“T have said many times that
the University of Alberta has an
international reputation in many
fields of study. It was certainly a
great pleasure to see that view
confirmed with regard to aca-
demic researchers in France.”

On his way to France, the
President stopped in London and
met about 60 University of
Alberta alumni; Gail Korpan,
President of the London Branch of
the U of A Alumni Association;
and Mary Clark Sheppard,
daughter of Karl Clark, the
pioneer researcher in the oil sands
of northern Alberta.

WARD OPPORTUNITIES

President's Advisory9 = -
Committee on
Community Affairs

At the 24 September meeting of General Faculties Council, Presi-
dent Davenport announced he would be establishing a President's
committee to advise on matters relating to the University’s relation with
the larger community and to establish and promote dialogue about the
University’s academic aspirations and role.

The President's Advisory Committee on Community Affairs is
composed of the following members:

President, as Chair

Chancellor

Chair of the Board of Governors

Vice-President (Development and Community Affairs)

Director of Public Affairs

Director of Alumni Affairs

Two members of the academic staff elected by GFC

One student elected by GFC

One representative from among the public members of the Senate,

appointed by the Senate

One representative from among the public members of the Board of

Governors, appointed by the Board of Governors
Three representatives from outside the University appointed by the
President, Chancellor, and Chair of the Board

The GFC Nominating committee invites nominations for the three
(3) members (2 academic staff and | student) who will be elected by
GFC. Nominations or expressions of interest should be accompanied by
a curriculum vitae and be directed to: Mary Delane, Coordinator, GFC
Nominating Committee, 2-5 University Hall (492-4715). The deadline

AILEEN CHARLOTTE DRISCOLL SCHOLARSHIP

Field of study: French language. Value: $2,000. Number: One. Conditions:
Awarded annually to a deserving honors student graduating with a BEd to allow
the recipient to continue his or her studies of French in France. A condition of
the award is that each recipient will subsequently teach at least one year-in the
Province of Alberta. Donor: Endowed by the date Aileen Charlotte Driscoll of
Edmonton. Apply: Letter to Director of Student Awards by | December of the
year prior to when the award is to be made.

ONTARIO LEGISLATURE INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME

Applications are being accepted from graduating political science
students for the Ontario Legislature Internship Program. Limited information
about the program is available at the Office of Student Awards, 252 Athabasca
Hall, or at the Department of Political Science Office. Application forms and
further details may be obtained from: Graham White, Director, Ontario
Legislature Internship Programme, c/o Department of Political Science,
Erindale College, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario LSL 1C6.
Telephone (416) 828-5229.

TERRY FOX HUMANITARIAN AWARD PROGRAM

Information about eligibility, selection criteria and application procedures
is available at the Office of Student Awards. The deadline for submission of
applications, complete with supporting documents, is 1 February 1991.
Recipients may hold this award for up to four years or until a first degree is
obtained. A limited number of application forms may be obtained from Student
Awards, or by writing to: Terry Fox Humanitarian Award Program, 711 151
Sparks Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5E3.

THE CANADA COUNCIL — VISITING FOREIGN ARTISTS

This program is intended to support visits to Canadian cultural organiza-
tions by distinguished foreign artists to teach creative or performing arts.
Applications must be submitted to the Canada Council by 15 December 1990.
Information and application forms are available at the Office of Student
Awards.

FELLOWSHIPS FOR GRADUATE STUDY — LONDON, 1991-92
The London House Association of Canada invites applications for
fellowships to support graduate study at the University of London. Application

’ is by letter. Candidates are asked to outline their proposed study in England,

their academic or professional careers to date, and their interests. In addition,
applicants should arrange to have their transcripts and three letters of reference
sent to the address below by 15 December 1990: London House Association of
Canada, Mr Jonathan Fitzgerald, Chairman, c/o RBC Dominion Securities Inc,
Commerce Court East, 5th Floor, Toronto, Ontario MSL 1A7.

NATO FELLOWSHIPS (NONSCIENTIFIC)

Candidates are invited to submit subjects of research within the following
areas: internal and external problems arising for Western security; public
perceptions of the Atlantic Alliance and of the Soviet threat; analysis of the
Alliance’s role in the development of more stable, peaceful, and friendly
international relations; the European contribution to NATO; NATO strategy
and emerging technologies. The deadline for submissions is 31 December 1990.
Application forms and programs can be obtained on request from: Royal
Society of Canada, PO Box 9734, Ottawa, Ontario K1G 5J4.

ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLICATION AWARDS

Articles submitted for consideration for this award must be the result of
original graduate research and must have been either published or accepted for
publication in a major refereed journal during the year preceding this annual

announcement. Application forms may be obtained from: Environmental

Publication Award, National Wildlife Federation, 140 Sixteenth Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20036-2266. Telephone (703) 790-4484.

for receiving nominations is Tuesday, 4 December.

The University of Alberta is
committed to the principle of equity in
employment. The University encour-
ages applications from aboriginal
persons, disabled persons, members
of visible minorities and women.

SUPPORT STAFF

To obtain further information on
the following positions, please contact
Personnel Services and Staff Rela-
tions, 2-40 Assiniboia Hall, telephone
492-5201. Due to publication lead
time and the fact that positions are
filled on an ongoing basis, these
vacancies cannot be guaranteed
beyond 16 November 1990. Fora
more up-to-date listing, please
consult the weekly Employment
Opportunities Bulletin and/or the
postings in PSSR.

Positions available as of
16 November, 1990.

The salary rates for the follow-
ing positions reflect adjustments in
accordance with the terms for the
implementation of the new classifica-
tion system and pay plan.

SENIOR FINANCIAL RECORDS
CLERK, Grade 4, (Term to 28 June
1991), Office of the Comptroller,
($1,633 - $2,013)

SENIOR FINANCIAL RECORDS
CLERK, Grade 4, Housing and Food
Services, ($1,633 - $2,013)

ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK,
Grade 5, (Term to 19 November
1991), University Computing Systems
($1,784 -$2,210)

SECRETARY, Grade 5, Faculty of
Business (Office of the Dean),
($1,784 - $2,210)

SECRETARY, Grade 5, Faculty of
Business (Placement Services),
($1,784 - $2,210)

SYSTEMS CONTROL CLERK,
Grade 5, Physical Plant - Administra-
tion, ($1,784 - $2,210)

ACCOUNTS CLERK, Grade 6
(Part-time), Drama, ($1,171 - $1,460
prorated)

BIOCHEMISTRY TECHNOLO-
GIST, Grade 7 (Part-time), Psychia-
try, ($1,062 - $1,331 prorated)

UOFA FOLIO ue 22 NOVEMBER 1990

OSITIONS

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT,
Grade 7 (40 hour week), Housing and
Food Services, ($2,624 - $3,309)

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT,
Grade 8, Faculty of Extension,
($2,296 - $2,895)

LABORATORY TECHNOLO-
GIST, Grade 8, Provincial Labora-
tory, ($2,296 - $2,895)

PROGRAMMER ANALYST
(Communications), Grade 9, Univer-
sity Computing Systems,

($2,484 - $3,152)

TECHNOLOGIST, Grade 11,
Civil Engineering, ($2,867 - $3,679)

The following positions retain
salary rates in accordance with the
old classification system and pay
plan.

CLERK STENO II (Trust),
Anatomy and Cell Biology, ($1,350 -
$1,677)

CLERK STENO III (Half-time/
Trust), Physiology, ($752 - $949
prorated)

CLERK STENO III (Trust),
Medicine (Dermatology and Cutane-
ous Sciences), ($1,505 - $1,890)

TECHNICIAN I (Trust/Term to
31 March 1991) (Part-time), Oral
Biology, ($1,043 - $1,340 prorated)

TECHNICIAN I (Trust),
Pediatrics, ($1,738 - $2,234)

TECHNICIAN II (Trust/Term to
August/1991) (Curatorial Assistant),
Museums and Collections Services,
($1,973 - $2,537)

TECHNOLOGIST I, (Trust/Term
to 1 June 1991), Applied Sciences in
Medicine, ($2,143 - $2,765)

BIOCHEMISTRY TECHNOLO-
GIST I/II (Trust), Biochemistry,
($2,143 - $3,018)

BIOCHEMISTRY TECHNOLO-
GIST II (Trust), Biochemistry,
($2,330 - $3,018)

PROGRAMMER ANALYST Il,
(Trust/Term to 31 March, 1991),
Computing Science, ($2,537 -
$3,297)

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ACCOMMODATIONS AVAILABLE

VICTORIA PROPERTIES -
Experienced, knowledgeable realtor
with Edmonton references will answer
all queries, and send information. No
cost or obligation. Call
(604) 595-3200, Lois Dutton, Re/Max
Ports West, Victoria, BC.

RENT - Large, furnished, 1/2
duplex. Near Faculté St Jean. Two
bedrooms plus office. January-June/
July/August (flexible). Rent very
reasonable. 465-4511.

SALE - Stunningly contemporary,
two storey, 2,276 square foot,
Millcreek home. Newly constructed.
Extras like glass blocks, Corian
countertops, halogens, Italian ceram-
ics. Must be seen. Call Alan Gee,
Re/Max Real Estate, 438-1575.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION -
House in Belgravia, near University.
One room for self, $250; two rooms,
$350. All utilities included. From 1
December. 434-0588, 492-0619.

COURMET

COODIESs

Catering for a small
presentation, a reception for
100, a business lunch for 12,
or a candlelight dinner for
two... Gourmet Goodies
makes it special. Gift
certificates available.

Gourmet Goodies
A Catering Company
5961 -
438-1234

103A Street

RENT - Two bedroom suite in
house. Quiet, renovated, near Univer-
sity. Suitable for professional.
433-1479.

SALE - Two storey and bunga-
lows, walking distance to University.
Ron Haddad, Metro City Realty,
454-7020.

HOUSE TO RENT - Millcreek,
two bedrooms, finished basement,
garage, large yard. References. Pets
ok. | January, $835/month. 9750 90
Avenue, 433-3262.

SALE - Grandview, upgraded,
clean, 1,560", open beam bungalow.
Fireplace, main floor laundry, new
carpeting, double attached garage.
Chris Tenove, 436-5250, 433-5664,
Spencer Realty.

SALE - Lakefront, Wabamun,
north shore, furnished cottage. Lot
100°x207'. Chris Tenove, 436-5250,
433-5664, Spencer Realty.

FOR SALE - In Victoria, BC.
Three bedroom home, five year old
rancher. Central location, large
landscaped lot, pleasant view, energy
efficient. Many extra features. For
information contact Ron Regan,
(604) 477-7291.

SALE - South side, cityscape,
California open, multilevel, semide-
tached overlooking river valley and
downtown. Fireplace, jacuzzi, nanny
suite. $164,900. Joe Clare, Homelife/
Allan Realty. 466-4663.

RENT/LEASE - Spacious, 1,730
square foot bungalow. Quiet, park like
setting in prestigious Windsor Park.
Available 1 December. $1,950/month
plus utilities. References required.
Contact Mrs Boyd, 482-7696.

RENT - Old Scona charm, extra
large lower suite. Attached garage.
Responsible, mature, tenant(s),

nonsmoking. Five appliances. No pets.

Ideal location, near Saskatchewan
Drive, 101 Street. 431-1421.

SALE - Near University, new, two
bungalows: $152,400 - 1,385"; two
storey: $169,900 - 1,900". Quality
built, three bedroom homes, front
drive, double garage, oak finishings,
more. Pat Mooney Realty, Garry Ferr,
424-9804.

ACCOMMODATIONS WANTED
PROFESSIONAL will housesit.
References. Call Mark, 454-0634.

Catherine M. Fletcher B.A. (Hon)., M.Sc., D.D.S.
zt

DENTIST

Catherine M. Fletcher Professional Corporation

330 Garneau Professional Centre
11044 82 Avenue

Edmonton, Alberta T6G 0T2
Telephone (403) 439-2266

Back problems?
Headaches?
Tension?
Injuries?
Stress?

The European pain relief
alternative! Heat, massage,
chiro-gymnastics, inter-
ferential electricity.

Maria Krieg, spine specialist,
trained in Germany.

Reimbursable by University
supplementary health care.

BACK

BASICS
Remedial Therapy

436-8059

Office Hours:
MWEF 8-4
TTh 10-6

CATERED
AFFAIRS

* Farewells
* Birthdays
* Anniversaries
* Weddings

We Deliver!

Call 492-7200

CONFERENCE CENTRE

University
of
Alberta

GOODS FOR SALE

THE EDMONTON BOOK STORE
specializes in books for the University
community. Quality books bought and
sold every day; just a short walk from
campus, 8530 109 Street. Call 433-
1781.

ELLI AND PETER GRASSMUCK
invite you to a Raku show and sale,
Saturday and Sunday, 1-2 December

from 12-6 pm, 10818 65 Avenue,
434-3206.

ALBERTA LAMB, naturally
raised, cut, wrapped, frozen and
delivered. $2.65/pound. Gourmet
packs available. Phone Western
Sunset Farm, 843-3494 for order
form. .

AJ510 video terminal, visual
editing, $200 obo. 433-8302.
SERVICES

DONNIC WORD PROCESSING -
Since 1978, specializing in theses,
manuscripts, etc. 453-2769.

COMPUTERIZED LITERATURE
SEARCHING. Expert information
retrieval by experienced scientist. All
areas. Requests accepted by phone.
No red tape! Competitive rates.
Satisfaction guaranteed. JL Citation
Services, 487-8652.

DAVID RICHARDS CARPEN-
TRY. Certified journeyman NAIT.
Complete interior and exterior
residential renovations including
plumbing and electrical. References
available. 433-6369.

PROFESSIONAL TYPIST-Word
Processing. Specializing in theses,
dissertations, manuscripts. Gwen,
467-0515.

MARG'S WORD PERFECT 5.1
Services. Type résumés, letters,

SENATE

9006 HUB MALL

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memos, theses, manuscripts. Reason-
able rates. Phone 435-3488.

THE OFFICE - Professional
word processing, accuracy guaran-
teed. Fast, convenient, affordable
service. Letters, reports, theses,
résumés. 429-2027, (Fax 425-9380).

PROFESSIONAL SEAMSTRESS,
TAILORS. Specializing in irregular
sizes. Wedding and Bridesmaids
dresses, suits, slacks, shirts, men’s
slacks. Assorted fabrics available.
General alterations. Contact: Phil,
Denise, Dr Bowen, 469-6292.

DO YOU NEED TRANSCRIBING
or typing done? Give me a call, I'd
love to do your work! Jacqueline
Warawa, phone 632-7446.

EXPERIENCED SEAMSTRESS
undertakes alterations, 436-4109.

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TRAVEL

492-2756

TRAVEL PROFESSIONALS - SERVING
CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES FOR 17 YEARS

COLD SORES?

Do you suffer from recurring cold sores? Would you be
interested in participating in a confidential, controlled
study by a University of Alberta research team
investigating a promising anti-viral medication? This
medication (acyclovir) has been tested and approved
for use in Canada for other anti-viral applications.

If interested, please contact Sheri, Helen or Lori

at 492-6221.

* Vases & Planters

© Wall & Floor Screens

¢ Carved Camphor Chests
e Jade & Cloisonne Wares
© Chinese Herbal Products

Saturday 10:00 am-5:00 pm

ROYAL Emporium

Sfurnisher of Ouiental Elegance

Hours: Mon-Fri 10:00 am-6 pm

¢ Jewellery Boxes

¢ Kimonos & Linens

° Silk & Glass Flowers

¢ Solid Rosewood &
Lacquer Accent Furniture
10111-82 Avenue
Tel: 433-9509

UOFA FOLIO ae 22 NOVEMBER 1990

NETWORK MARKETING, patt-
time business opportunity. Save and
earn dollars! 432-1927.

EXPERIENCED, PROFES-
SIONAL EDITOR for hire. Theses,
dissertations. Call Mark at 458-5911.

PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL
EDITING of manuscripts, research
papers, theses. University references.
Telephone 433-2462.

MISCELLANEOUS

BRITISH EUROPEAN VIDEO
CAMERA for rent. Full VHS format.
No need for conversions. Phone
Richard, 462-0061.

PARKING SPACE with electric-
ity available three blocks from
campus. $40/month. Earl after 7 pm,
478-8855.

KEEP YOUR LETTERS
UNDER
LOCK AND KEY

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Need security and privacy? Are discretion
and convenience important to you?
What you need is a lock box at our
postal outlet. It’s a secure cubicle where
you can pick up your mail in person
each day after 1OA.M. So come into our
postal outlet now. And rent your lock
box before they're gone.

° A box @ 10x 14 cm(4.x 5%”"*)
4 mth - $25 8 mth - $40 | 12 mth - $50

© Business box @ 30x 14em(12x 5%”)
4 mth - $60 / 8 mth - $96 / 12 mth - $120

*If this is your primary source of CPC delivery.
lock box rental will be waived

Students’ Union Bldg
(Lower Level)
PHONE: 492-7716

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SHOWING SOME
very good signs!

Interested in buying or
selling a home? Spencer
knows your area of the city
best! The signs of our
success are everywhere!
Spencer Real Estate
helping Canadians settle
for more!

Call
436-5250 (South Side)
483-7170 (West End)
460-9222 (St. Albert)
434-8600 (South)

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